The rules of the Cultivation World!
When seeking treasure together, they first agreed on how to divide it.
What Hou Muling meant was that although He Pingsheng could come along, he would be last in line for a share.
In other words, if there were only six stalks of [Red Essence Ginseng], he would get nothing.
The six people ahead of him would each get one.
If there were seven, he could receive one as well.
The same principle applied afterward.
Once the first round was over, he would still be last in the second round.
If there were thirteen, everyone else would have two stalks of Red Essence Ginseng, while he would have only one.
If there were fourteen, then he could have two as well.
Being last in the distribution order put him at a disadvantage.
A huge disadvantage.
But there was nothing he could do. Those were their terms. Agree, and he could go; refuse, and he could leave.
He Pingsheng thought for a moment, then nodded. "All right..."
He could not agonize too much over opportunities like these. Sometimes, he simply could not reach them, but he could not give up just because his hopes were slim.
Otherwise, how would he ever set foot in the Foundation Establishment Realm?
As for whether the Hou Household might be plotting something, He Pingsheng had given that plenty of thought too.
In the end, his conclusion was: he did not know.
On the surface, there was no enmity between him and the Hou Household.
He probably had nothing on him that the Hou Household coveted, either.
Since that was the case, the Hou Household had no motive to scheme against him. Besides, he and Hou Muxian were fellow disciples of the Great Void Sect.
From the Hou Household's perspective,